Blood on the burdock

A selection of short stories from the work of Vlastimil Vondruška

It contains two dozen stories with detective plots set in different eras from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. They take the reader into interestingly drawn settings of castles, towns and villages with a perfect historical atmosphere, lively dialogues and surprising plots.

The selection includes the best short stories published between 1986 and 2006 and a number of unpublished stories.